Rideback (manga)

Rideback (Japanese: ライドバック, Hepburn: Raidobakku), stylized as RIDEBACK or RideBack, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsurō Kasahara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from April 2003 to October 2008, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. Set in Japan in the 2020s, it follows the story of college student Rin Ogata, as she comes across a two-wheeled automobile robot known as a Rideback.

RideBack
Cover of the first volume of RideBack
ライドバック
(Raidobakku)
Genre
Manga
Written byTetsurō Kasahara
Published byShogakukan
ImprintIkki Comix
MagazineMonthly Ikki
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 25, 2003 – October 25, 2008
Volumes10
Anime television series
Directed byAtsushi Takahashi
Produced by
Written by
  • Hideo Takayashiki
  • Ken Iizuka
Music byTakafumi Wada
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkChiba TV, TV Saitama, tvk, KBS, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, AT-X
English network
Original run January 11, 2009 – March 29, 2009
Episodes12
Light novel
RideBack: Cannonball Run
Written byBoncho Kuga
Illustrated byTetsurō Kasahara
Published byShogakukan
ImprintGagaga Bunko
DemographicMale
PublishedJanuary 21, 2009
Volumes1

It was adapted into a 12-episode anime television series by Madhouse broadcast from January to March 2009. In North America, Funimation licensed the anime series for English language release.

Plot

In the year of 2025, an organization called the GGP has taken control of the world. Rin Ogata was a promising up-and-coming ballet dancer, but suffered a serious injury while dancing and decided to quit. Years later in college, she comes across a club building and soon finds herself intrigued by a transforming motorcycle-like robotic vehicle called a "Rideback". She soon finds that her unique ballet skills with balance and finesse make her a born natural on a Rideback. However, those same skills also get her into serious trouble with the government.

Characters

Musashino University Rideback Club
Rin Ogata (尾形 琳, Ogata Rin)
Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)
A college student. Being the daughter of a talented dancer, she was therefore expected to be their natural successor, having participated in dancing competitions from a young age. However, she fractured her left foot while dancing and subsequently decided to leave it, later enrolling in the theater department of Musashino University, where she first comes across the Rideback Fuego.
Tamayo Kataoka (片岡 珠代, Kataoka Tamayo)
Voiced by: Romi Park (Japanese); Stephanie Young (English)
Third year student in the French literature department and a senior to both to Rin and Haruki. The Rideback champion of Japan.
Tenshirō Okakura (岡倉 天司郎, Okakura Tenshirō)
Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Japanese); Bryan Massey (English)
Head of the Rideback team. Possessing a strict character and a large nose.
Haruki Hishida (菱田 春樹, Hishida Haruki)
Voiced by: Yūji Ueda (Japanese); Micah Solusod (English)
Second year student in the English department and Rin's senior. An enthusiast of Ridebacks.
Shōko Uemura (上村 しょう子, Uemura Shōko)
Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese); Kristi Kang (English)
Childhood friend of Rin's.
Suzuri Uchida (内田 すずり, Uchida Suzuri)
Voiced by: Megumi Matsumoto (Japanese); Trina Nishimura (English)
First year student in the sociology department. Being a huge fan of Rin, she is extremely enthusiastic.

GGF/GGP

Note: This organization is called the GGF in the manga and GGP in the anime.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]

Romanov Kallenbach (ロマノフ・カレンバーク, Romanofu Karenbāku)
Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese); Jason Douglas (English)
The corrupt commander of the GGP. He runs the government with a dictatorship approach. He is shot and killed by Misawo.
Misawo Yokoyama (横山 みさを, Yokoyama Misawo)
Voiced by: Risa Hayamizu (Japanese); Jennifer Seman (English)
Lecturer at Musashino University's department of literature and adviser to the Rideback team. In reality, however, she is a member of the GGF.

BMA

Note: BMA is an acronym for Borderless Military Alliance (国境なき軍事同盟, Kokkyō Naki Gunji Dōmei).

Kiefer (キーファ, Kiifa)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese); Robert McCollum (English)
A soldier of BMA, who rides a black Rideback. In his early years, he served in the same GGP unit as Okakura and Kallenbach before later defecting to the BMA.
Kenji Ogata (尾形 堅司, Ogata Kenji)
Voiced by: Kazuma Horie (Japanese); Josh Grelle (English)
Rin's younger brother.

Other characters
Yuki Ogata (尾形 遊紀, Ogata Yuki)
Voiced by: Mie Sonozaki (Japanese); Leah Clark (English)
Rin's mother. A talented ballet dancer who died six years before the series' story.
Megumi Yoda (依田 恵, Yoda Megumi)
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese); Cynthia Cranz (English)
A freelance journalist.
Ryunosuke Kataoka (片岡 龍之介, Kataoka Ryūnosuke)
Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi (Japanese); J. Michael Tatum (English)
An executive of the Metropolitan Police Department and Tamayo's older brother.

Media

Manga

Rideback is written and illustrated by Tetsurō Kasahara. The series began in the June 2003 issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki released on April 25, 2003.[3] The series finished in the December 2008 issue of Monthly Ikki, released on October 25, 2008.[4] Shogakukan collected its chapters into ten tankōbon volumes, published from May 28, 2004 to February 25, 2009.[5][6]

Volume list
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 May 28, 2004[5]978-4-09-188471-8
2 July 30, 2004[7]978-4-09-188472-5
3 January 28, 2005[8]978-4-09-188473-2
4 May 30, 2005[9]978-4-09-188474-9
5 December 26, 2005[10]978-4-09-188307-0
6 June 30, 2006[11]978-4-09-188325-4
7 December 26, 2006[12]978-4-09-188350-6
8 June 29, 2007[13]978-4-09-188367-4
9 December 26, 2008[14]978-4-09-188430-5
10 February 25, 2009[6]978-4-09-188455-8

Anime
See also: List of RideBack episodes

An anime adaptation was announced in April 2007.[15] The 12-episode series is produced by Madhouse and directed by Atsushi Takahashi.[16][17] It ran from January 11 to March 29, 2009. and was broadcast on Chiba TV, TV Saitama, tvk, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Tokyo MX and AT-X.[18][19] The opening theme is "Rideback", performed by Mell, and the ending theme is "Kioku" (記憶, lit. "Memory") by Younha feat. GOKU.[17][20]

In North America, Funimation announced the license to the series at Anime Central in May 2010.[21] Funimation released the series on Blu-ray and DVD on June 28, 2011.[22] The series made its American television debut on July 26, 2011 on Funimation Channel.[23]

Notes
  1. GGF is an acronym for Global Government Force (世界統治軍, Seikai Toushigun, lit. "World Government Army".)
  2. GGP is an acronym for Global Government Plan (世界統治構想, Seikai Toushi Kousou, lit. "World Government Plan".)

References
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  3. 月刊 IKKI 2003年 6月号 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2003. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  4. 月刊 IKKI 2008年 12月号 (in Japanese). Amazon. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020. クライマックス!! [RIDEBACK] カサハラテツロー (Climax!! Rideback - Tetsurō Kasahara)
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  17. Loo, Egan (December 18, 2008). "Rideback Motorcycle Robot Anime's 2nd TV Ad Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
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  19. TVアニメ『ライドバック』がチバテレビほかU局系にて、2009年1月放送開始!. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Mynavi Corporation. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
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